switchgrass, cultivar GA993 (#2871)
| ID-number | #2871 |
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| Material | switchgrass, cultivar GA993 |
| Classification | ECN Phyllis classification ▸ grass/plant ▸ switch grass |
| NTA 8003 classification ▸ [200] biomassa uit land- en tuinbouw ▸ [210] gras ▸ [219] overig gras | |
| Submitter organisation | ECN (Netherlands) |
| Submission date | 2010-01-05 |
| Remarks | Extractives contain about 60% sugars, 14% fatty acids, 21% alkanol, 1% alkane and 4% sterol |
| Literature | J. Yan, Z. Hu, Y. Pu, E.C. Brummer, A.J. Ragauskas: Chemical compositions of four switchgrass populations. Biomass and Biochemistry 34 (2010) 48-53. |
Values
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| ar | dry | daf | ||||||||||||||||||
Fuel Properties |
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Proximate Analysis |
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| Moisture content | wt% (ar) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Ash content | wt% | 2.23 | ||||||||||||||||||
Ultimate Analysis |
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| Total (with halides) | wt% | 2.23 | 0.00 | Calculated | ||||||||||||||||
Chemical Analyses |
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Biochemical composition |
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| Lignin | wt% (dry) | 20.92 | Measured | |||||||||||||||||
| Extractives 95% EtOH | wt% (dry) | 11.00 | Measured | |||||||||||||||||
C5 |
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| Arabinan | wt% (dry) | 3.56 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Xylan | wt% (dry) | 25.81 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Sum C5 | wt% (dry) | 29.37 | Calculated | |||||||||||||||||
C6 |
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| Mannan | wt% (dry) | 0.80 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Galactan | wt% (dry) | 1.34 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Glucan | wt% (dry) | 33.02 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Sum C6 | wt% (dry) | 35.16 | Calculated | |||||||||||||||||
| Total ash + biochemical | wt% (dry) | 34.15 | Calculated | |||||||||||||||||